aggressively look for open access points and attempt to associate with them and phone home [...] location info put the phone into a power conservation mode t

aggressively look for open access points and attempt to associate with them and phone home [...] location info put the phone into a power conservation mode to keep it alive and phoning home as long as possible. Isn't there an inherent conflict here? I doubt that you can aggressively scan and phone home, and conserve battery life.